Bee-smoker.



NO MODEL.

PATENTED SEPT, 22, 1903 H. ROOT. I BEE SMOKER. AYPLIOATION FILED DEU. I, 1902.

UNITED STATES HUBER ROOT, F MEDINA,

1 Patented September 22, 1903.

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY,

OF MEDINA, OHIO.

BEE-SMOK'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,510, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed December 1, 1902- Serial No. 133,469. (No model.) I I To all whom/it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, HUBERROOT, of Medina,

in the county of Medina, and in the State of perspective of the removable cap andthe grate separated from each other.

The object of my invention s the construction of bee-smokers whereby the 'same'may be rendered more convenient for handling and operating and more durable, and to this end my invention consists in the bee-smoker constructed substantially as hereinafter claimed.

As is common in bee-smokers, I employ in the construction of the form of smoker which I have chosen to illustrate my invention a stove in the form of a cylinder A and a'bellows B, the two being connected together by plates C. At its upper end the stove has a discharge nozzle or snout D for directing the smoke or fumes into the hive, and this nozzle or snout is rigidly or immovably fastened to the cylinder A. The nozzle or snout has a conical form, but the axis of the cone does not coincide with that of the cylinder, butit is deflected so that the discharge from the stove is lateral, with a slight upwardinclina tion. Tilting of the stove, with consequent displacement of the fuel therein,is thus unnecessary to properly and conveniently direct the smoke into the hive. The nozzle or snout bein g rigidly fastened to the stove,a smoke-tight to improve,

ameter as to snugly fit the cylinder A. Within the cup thus formed is a grate Gr, consisting of a perforated disk or plate and supported from the base E by a number of legs g, which as preferably madeconsist of strips or pieces integral with the disk or plate and bentdowu therefrom at a right angle. The grate G is sufficiently vbelow the upper edge of the wall F to make a chamber orreceptacle for embers or ashes, so that when the cap is removed for anypurpose the latter will be retained in it. At a point below the grate the wall F has an opening or hole f,'and in the wall of the cylinder A is a hole or opening a, adapted to coincide with the hole f when the cap is in place, so that the air from the bellows can enter the stove to support combustion and expelthesmoke produced, the air from the bellows being directed to the openings by a tube or pipe H, leading from a hole in the bellows to or near the hole a in the cylinder. The cap is rotatable in the cylinder, so that thereby the size of the opening into the stove may be adjusted to suit the requirements of different fuels and so that, if desired, as when the use of the smoker is to be temporarily discontinued and burning of the fuel is to be prevented, such hole can be entirely closed. For convenience in removing, replacing, and revolving the cap a handle 6 is attached to the base thereof. This handle can be of any form or construction desired, but I prefer the one shown, which consists of wire coiled 1nseveral rings of a size to readily receive the fingerand secured at its ends by rivets to leather is tacked to the edges thereof. Tacked or otherwise fastened to each end of each board and over the portion of leather thereon is a metal strip or facing I, which is projected beyond the outer surface of each board, so as to form thereon a rib-like projection 'i. The

I an metal strips I serve the double functions of a binding or facing to protect theedges of the bellows from wear and as a means for readily and firmly gripping the bellows, the fingers of the hands catching over the projections i. The fingers of the user of the bellows bein g slippery with honey from the handling of the bees, the utility of the fingergrips that are provided bythe projections i will be evident.

It will be seen that by my improvements a bee-smoker is produced that is not top-heavy and is compact, which to be loaded does not require the handling of the nozzle or snout, which of course is hot, when the stove must be reloaded while in use, the loading being done at what may be termed the breech of the stove, where the parts are not heated to an objectionable degree if at all, whose nozzle-or snout is permanently fastened to the stove, so that leakage of smoke is obviated, which permits of easy control of the blast or draft-opening, and the bellows of which is protected from wear or injury at its edges and can be securely held, even though the fingers be slippery with honey.

Of course changes in the details of construction of the smoker can be made which will i11- volve no departure from the principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A bee-smoker comprising a cylindrical stove, a conical nozzle rigidly fastened to the stove at one end with its axis extending laterally with reference to the axis of the cylinden, and having at its other end a removable cup-form cap containing a grate, and a bellows attached to the side of the stove.

2. A bee-smoker comprising a stove having a rotatable cap with a perforated wall, the Wall of the stove also being perforated, and an air-forcing device adapted to force air through such perforations.

3. A bee-smoker eomprisin g a stove having a perforated wall, a cap having a perforated wall that fits into and is rotatable within the stove, and an air-forcing device adapted to force air through the perforations of the stove and wall.

4. A bee-sin oker comprising a stove having at one end a permanently-attached nozzle or snout and at its other end a removable eupform cap that consists of a base and perforated wall, the stove-wall also having a perforation, and an air-forcing device to force air through the perforations.

5. A bee-smoker comprising a stove, a cupform removable cap at one end thereof, and a grate within said cap consisting of a per forated plate having integral legs.

6. A bee-smoker comprising a stove and bellows, the edges of the bellows being covered with metal strips that project so as to form finger-grips.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this Eeith day of November, 1902.

HUBER ROOT. Vitnesses:

Lonlsn E. BUSI-IER, FRANK SPELLMAN. 

